Caption
View of a breach and a passage through a fortress in Strasbourg, Brèche et passage du fossé de la lunette 53, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Charles David Winter, Strasbourg (France), cliché maker: anonymous, printer (person): Goupil & Cie., 1870, printer (person), paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypepie, height 101 mm x width 171 mm, landscape with ruins, assault, siege, consequences of war, A sepia-toned image shows a rugged earthen embankment descending to a water-filled trench with a high stone retaining wall along its far edge; the embankment is uneven and eroded with exposed soil and scattered debris, and woven baskets or gabions are stacked near the lower edge by the water. Several uniformed figures stand, sit, and walk along the slope and crest, some carrying packs or equipment and one appearing to lean on a long object, while a few others are positioned near the top beside earthen fortifications and stacked cylindrical shapes. In the background a line of wooden stakes or palisade rises along the skyline, and the sky above is filled with textured cloud formations. The scene is framed by a light border and surrounding margin.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A98_488
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39.3Mb (9.9Mb) / 14.7in x 10.4in / 4424 x 3105 (300dpi)